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Mar 15, 2011

Emollient oils reduce premature death

United Kingdom latest issue of the children\'s magazine published a research report that, in preterm infants in the hospital for skin smear on sunflower oil or emollient oils can reduce mortality.


Engaged in the study of the United States John · of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of public health, jiali·damushitaite said, is the effect of these oil can improve the skin\'s barrier function, thereby protecting cells, reducing water and heat loss.


Researchers at a hospital in Bangladesh to 497 in less than 33 weeks during pregnancy of preterm neonates was made. Apart from daily care, 159 newborns receive the sunflower oil therapy, 157 accepted emollient oil therapy, another 181 newborn as a control group. Two groups before birth in preterm infants within 72 hours after it began to accept General smudge of sunflower oil or emollient oils (except for the face and scalp), 3 times a day for the first two weeks, twice a day until after hospital discharge.


Researchers said that when at the end of the first month, control group have a survival rate of 29.4%, a set of survival with sunflower oil for 34.2%, use emollient oil set to 45.8%. The study also found, the smudge of sunflower oil and emollient oil two sets of cases of sepsis and infection of the skin appears less. Darmstadter said: \"perhaps emollient oils not only acts on the skin, thanks to its skin absorption into the blood system, could have an effect on the body and may even affect the gastrointestinal \' barrier function. In addition, I think that smudge emollient oils on the skin during the massage effect is also very important. ”


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